Lime Ridge

Most people speed past Lime Ridge driving between Walnut Creek and Concord, California. This guide will give you a deeper, inside look at the place--its history, its plants and animals, and the fun you can have exploring its woodlands, grasslands, and chaparral.
Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo & Thomas J. Long Foundation, 2012. Featuring Seth Adams, Heath Bartosh, Scott Hein, and Lesley Hunt. Music from Banks of the River by Phil Heywood.

Just beyond Lime Ridge Open Space there’s an unusual plant community called desert olive scrub--but mostly mile after mile of grass. Learn who manages this these lands and how they provide an essential connection to Mount Diablo State Park.